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The 2014 AIChE Spring Meeting, the year's key technical conference for practicing chemical engineers, takes place in New Orleans, LA, from March 30 – April 3, 2014. Proposals to present are now being accepted on a wide range of subjects relevant to the current needs of industry. Plus, the Global Congress on Process Safety covers the critical needs of process safety practitioners more broadly and deeply than any other conference.

Jay Keasling, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), will receive the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s 2013 George Washington Carver Award.

As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, a new salary survey from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has found that apparent gender disparities are accounted for by time taken off for family reasons.

AIChE’s 2013 Awards Gala will be held on Thursday, November 21, in New York City. This year’s gala, which celebrates excellence in advancing engineering ethics, will honor David M. Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell; David T. Seaton, Chairman and CEO of Fluor; and Stephen F. Angel, Chairman, President and CEO of Praxair.

The International Society for Water Solutions (ISWS), a new technological community of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, brought nearly 100 industry leaders and academic experts together here last week for an Industrial Water Use and Reuse Workshop from April 30 to May 2.

The Fuels and Petrochemicals Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) presented its annual outstanding achievement award to S. Shariq Yosufzai, vice president for global diversity, ombuds, and university affairs of Chevron Corporation, at its meeting here last week.

Every month, AIChE's Youth Council for Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST) will present profiles of sustainability professionals or those with a background in sustainability. Learn about their educational background, current employer/title, job function, and how sustainability plays a part in their industry, university or agency.